Santa Cruz Neighbors will have a celebration Wednesday for a newly organized neighborhood group called the Seabright Beach Community.

Santa Cruz leaders and residents are expected to attend a ribbon cutting and gathering at 4:30 p.m. at Alhambra Avenue and Forbes Street.

The ribbon cutting will take place at 5 p.m.

SANTA CRUZ

Free workshops tackle civil lawsuits, small claims

Leaders at the Santa Cruz County Law Library will hold a workshop on dealing with civil lawsuits on Thursday.

The workshop will explain procedures in civil collections cases and include consultations and referrals. It takes place 3-5 p.m. in the basement room 70 of 701 Ocean St. For information, call 831-722-2845.

A separate workshop on small claims will take place at the same location from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday. For information about small claims, call 831-786-7370.

SANTA CRUZ

Cleanup day slated for Saturday

The annual Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest community cleanup effort of the year on the Central Coast, is set from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Hosted by Save Our Shores, the cleanup will have 80 sites throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey counties and an estimated 5,000 volunteers are expected. In the 2012 cleanup, an estimated 16,000 pounds of waste was collected in three hours.

There are more than 850 sites throughout the state. Globally, more than 100 countries will participate in the effort to collect trash.

Watsonville is developing an action plan to address climate change and is seeking community input at a workshop 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday﻿ in the community room at the Civic Plaza, 275 Main St., fourth floor.

The Santa Cruz group of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club will have a discussion about mountain lion habitat in Santa Cruz County.

The event is at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at Live Oak Grange Hall, 1900 17th Ave.

Chris Wilmers, lead researcher of the Santa Cruz Puma Project, will show slides and talk about how roads and developments fragment animal habitat. Wilmers is an associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz.

Admission is free and donations will be accepted.

SANTA CRUZ

Credit union to host children's concert on Sept. 28

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union will host a children's concert featuring local favorite ZunZun at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 at 324 Front St.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the show starts with an interactive music program presented by Music Together. There will be snack concessions and raffle prizes donated by Jamba Juice, Roaring Camp Railroads, Vargas Academy of Gymnastics and Kaleidoscope Toy Store.

The event is a benefit for Community Ventures and Childcare Ventures, which work to increase economic opportunity and the quality of child care, respectively.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for children and can be purchased at the credit union office at 324 Front St., in Watsonville at 1428 Freedom Blvd. or at scccu.org. For information, call 460-2361.

WATSONVILLE

Affordable Care Act seminar to be Sept. 27

"Educating Community Members about the Affordable Care Act" will take place 8:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 27 at 275 Main St.

The free workshop, presented by the Health Improvement Partnership of Santa Cruz County, is designed to help people who interact with uninsured adults learn about new health insurance options available starting Oct. 1 and become health insurance "champions." About 40 of the 100 seats are open, according to Ellie Litman of the partnership.

Men in Santa Cruz County ages 18 to 64 are more likely to be uninsured than women. According to the census, of those earning $45,960, which is 400 percent of the federal poverty level, 38 percent of men are uninsured vs. 28 percent of women.

Littman said it could be because women who are caring for children are covered by MediCal. Now men who do not have children will qualify for MediCal, too.